Informes

Many countries in the Americas are experiencing unexpected outbreaks of cholera associated with extreme weather conditions brought by the arrival of the El Niño phenomenon. During 1998, the following countries have already reported cholera outbreaks: Bolivia (La Paz, El Alto,…

Ref: DHAGVA - 98/0177 SITUATION 1. THE PROLONGED DROUGHT AFFECTING GUYANA CONTINUES TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD DEPRIVATION AND LOSS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE MOST ACUTE PROBLEMS FACING THE POPULATION ARE LACK OF DRINKING WATER AND SHORTAGE OF FOOD AS SEA WATER MOVES…

By William Schomberg BRASILIA, March 30 (Reuters) - Brazil and the United Nations held emergency talks on Monday about using international aid to fight huge fires in the northern Amazon, but officials delayed a decision on whether to request foreign…

UNDP Flash! About 15,000 indigenous people in Guyana are facing food and water shortages, and about 2,500 rice and sugar farmers are in need of relief assistance because of a severe drought that is being blamed on El Niño. UNDP…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 98/0176 1. Following a request of the Government of Brazil for assistance to combat the forest fires that are presently devastating areas in the state of Roraima in Brazil, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…

Ref: DHAGVA - 98/0174 APPROXIMATELY 92,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED SITUATION 1. Since the middle of November 1997 the "El Nino" phenomenon has affected 22 of the 24 Departments of Peru. As a consequence of 283 occurrences (avalanches, floods, landslides and thunder storms) during…

New York, March 20, 1998 -- Lutheran World Relief is mobilizing up to $600,000 worth of new aid for El Nino relief and rehabilitation in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. Half the aid is in the form of blankets, quilts,…

Appeal for assistance of victims of drought SITUATION 1. Guyana is subject to a period of unprecedented drought caused by the El Nino phenomenon that has been found responsible for as much as 90 per cent of the deficiency in rainfall…

Andean - El Nino Relief & Rehabilitation - Phase II Of ACT Appeal LAEN71 -Appeal Target : US$ 300,000 Appeal Target To Raised: US$ 184,500 Dear Colleagues, Throughout the Andean region, the effects of the ‘El Nino’ phenomenon have…

Nicaragua / Honduras El Niño-related droughts, flooding and ensuing destruction continues in the Andes region. Drought response proposals for both Nicaragua and Honduras have now been developed. In Nicaragua the project will focus in Leon which is not included in…